All those numbers, and many more interesting ones, can be found in this number. You may wish to eliminate the unnecessary digits in order to make the information more useful.
The "nasty virus" you link to is bogus; distribution of the virus requires:
# Admin or physical access (boot from a CD or firewire/usb, ignore permissions on the internal drive). # Write access to either/Library/StartupItems/System/Library/StartupItems. # Write access to any existing StartupItem (which is replaced with this script). # Write access to the rc, crontab, or periodic files.
The effects of this program are pretty nasty, it's true, but installation requires the user to practically install the program him or herself. If I already have root access to a machine, it is a given that I could install whatever malware I wanted, "virus" or no.
The second program you linked to exploits a vulnerability in the VERITAS NetBackup, not in MacOSX; users are only vulnerable if using that program. This program has been patched. A Mac user should be using the most recent version (as one should on any platform) to avoid compromise on this software. Nothing to do with the MacOS.
I use Camino more often than any browser; as far as I'm concerned the interface is more mac-like than anything else including safari (even though safari's an apple product). It is usually rock solid (I use vers, 1.0b1), but occasionally has its moments of meltdown, usually when I have fifteen or twenty tabs open. One problem is the lack of easy integration with extensions that work on firefox; maybe I'm just dense but I have no idea how to use such extensions on Camino. Another is I would prefer a little more control over some finer points in the interface (I'd like to specify how.txt files are displayed when navigating large directories full of them). But Safari is no better on either count. Either way I also use safari for the occasional IE-only site that camino chokes on -- safari does better on a couple of those, it seems. A lot of my preference is just look and feel, however - I like how bookmarks are handled, key commands for navigation, etc. in camino better than I do in safari -- it may just be because that's what I'm used to.
Well, yeah. I wasn't criticizing Apple's decision to pull the plug, just the OP's assumption that they did so because the clones cut too many corners hardware-wise.
Damn; I accidentally pasted the sentence I was responding to right in the middle of my sentence -- inadvertently inventing ASCII-steganography! Man, I'm on a roll today....
Honestly, the foray into non-Apple hardware proved that cost cutting merely causes problems. I don't know anyone who bought one of those non-Apple machines that did not have big problems.
I have the exact opposite experience; I don't remember anyone with big problems with any of the clones. I'm still a proud owner of a Power Computing Power Tower Pro 225... never had a hardware problem with the computer itself in about 10 years of ownership (and about 5 years of daily use). It was a dream compared to its Apple-branded sibling the 9500 and it benchmarked faster at the same speed CPUs. Great advertising too. I also administered another clone, UMAX J700 I believe; it wasn't nearly as sweet but it gave me no trouble in terms of hardware. And I never heard anything but praise for the Daystar Millennium (I think that's what they were called) which could sport up to 4 PPC chips (though not a lot of software would use all CPUs at the time). There probably were some crappy clones out too but they didn't do as well.
Given the number of lawsuits over the past few >years, and the blatant extortion from companies like Napster Inc., I'd say that fighting technology is their business model.
How did they calculate this figure precisely? Did they show the court documentation? I certainly hope IBM will be reporting this loss to their stockholders.
I know it's a drop in the bucket for them, but if a man's freedom hangs in the balance, those numbers better be accurate and they better be crossing the t's and dotting the i's. Remember when Sun claimed a $20 million loss from Kevin Mitnick copying a file, and then went and gave that file away free to educational institutions a couple months later? They didn't report that one to their stockholders either, as I recall. I don't begrudge companies for going after hackers, but they should not be allowed to reel off whatever numbers they want to support their case.
Exactly. The problem with the whole social darwinism argument is it assumes that killing other things is automatically the main evolutionary "plus"... being able to kill members of another species may be useful in the grand scheme of things, but it hardly differentiates one species from another in terms of evolutionary potential. The dinosaurs were probably pretty incredible natural killers, but they didn't fare so well. We succeeded (so far) because we were able to provide for our own survival in many ways, not just by killing other species.
Have you ever seen a wolf? You would get your ass kicked, trust me, one on one. And as others pointed out, it would never go down that way; you would be standing in a clearing thinking you were all alone in the world and you would look up surprised and see four or five beautiful silver wolves foaming at the mouth ready to pounce... you wouldn't really have time to think about much after that. One on one it would go down a little bit slower but trust me you are toast.
I think my local coffeeshop should do the same thing - give away free coffee, and give people who pay a lot more coffee. Same with the grocery store for that matter.
Your link was to a definition of "turntable," not of "instrument." Is a synthesizer an "instrument"? If it plays samples, it is no different from a turntable, except the interface. The point is not the machine but how you use it. Ask your professional drum players if a garbage pail is an "instrument" - I'm sure they have used one as such, or seen one used as such, before. Just because a turntable was invented for playback does not mean it cannot be used as an instrument; go watch a DJ battle and decide for yourself.
I'd agree with that but there's more to it - I DJ clubs; I scratch a little and I've even produced some things but I just don't consider myself a musician. And most DJs in the same boat don't either. But watch a performance artist like DJ Shadow or Kid Koala, you are watching a musician at work. Or just check out a good DJ battle. These are artists using records to get small pieces of sound, and totally creating something new from the pieces, the same way a blues guitarist creates a new song by piecing together old riffs. And for years DJs have been integral parts of hip hop and even rock bands. They are not just playing songs - they are manipulating sound no differently than if they were using a sampling keyboard. It's technological arrogance to say one is an "instrument" and the other is not.
Exactly my point. If Elvis' instrument was a turntable, that makes him less of a musician? At what point may a new instrument be considered an instrument in order to satisfy your definition of "musician"?
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Yes but not nearly as intimidating. Who's going to get their lunch money taken -- deaf kid with a PDA, or deaf kid with a giant robot hand?
So it's not just a hand, but a hand with two legs!
Your post looked interesting, based on my first fifty nanoseconds of thinking about it. But, man, that was a lot of words.
signing "I'll be back"
All those numbers, and many more interesting ones, can be found in this number. You may wish to eliminate the unnecessary digits in order to make the information more useful.
I still think "I took the initiative in creating the Internet" is more concise and more inept :)
The "nasty virus" you link to is bogus; distribution of the virus requires:
/Library/StartupItems /System/Library/StartupItems.
# Admin or physical access (boot from a CD or firewire/usb, ignore permissions on the internal drive).
# Write access to either
# Write access to any existing StartupItem (which is replaced with this script).
# Write access to the rc, crontab, or periodic files.
The effects of this program are pretty nasty, it's true, but installation requires the user to practically install the program him or herself. If I already have root access to a machine, it is a given that I could install whatever malware I wanted, "virus" or no.
The second program you linked to exploits a vulnerability in the VERITAS NetBackup, not in MacOSX; users are only vulnerable if using that program. This program has been patched. A Mac user should be using the most recent version (as one should on any platform) to avoid compromise on this software. Nothing to do with the MacOS.
I use Camino more often than any browser; as far as I'm concerned the interface is more mac-like than anything else including safari (even though safari's an apple product). It is usually rock solid (I use vers, 1.0b1), but occasionally has its moments of meltdown, usually when I have fifteen or twenty tabs open. One problem is the lack of easy integration with extensions that work on firefox; maybe I'm just dense but I have no idea how to use such extensions on Camino. Another is I would prefer a little more control over some finer points in the interface (I'd like to specify how .txt files are displayed when navigating large directories full of them). But Safari is no better on either count. Either way I also use safari for the occasional IE-only site that camino chokes on -- safari does better on a couple of those, it seems. A lot of my preference is just look and feel, however - I like how bookmarks are handled, key commands for navigation, etc. in camino better than I do in safari -- it may just be because that's what I'm used to.
Well, yeah. I wasn't criticizing Apple's decision to pull the plug, just the OP's assumption that they did so because the clones cut too many corners hardware-wise.
Damn; I accidentally pasted the sentence I was responding to right in the middle of my sentence -- inadvertently inventing ASCII-steganography! Man, I'm on a roll today....
Well, this is hidden twice as wellHere I was thinking of something ROT13 encrypted, as that -- it's double-ROT-13 encrypted!
I have the exact opposite experience; I don't remember anyone with big problems with any of the clones. I'm still a proud owner of a Power Computing Power Tower Pro 225... never had a hardware problem with the computer itself in about 10 years of ownership (and about 5 years of daily use). It was a dream compared to its Apple-branded sibling the 9500 and it benchmarked faster at the same speed CPUs. Great advertising too. I also administered another clone, UMAX J700 I believe; it wasn't nearly as sweet but it gave me no trouble in terms of hardware. And I never heard anything but praise for the Daystar Millennium (I think that's what they were called) which could sport up to 4 PPC chips (though not a lot of software would use all CPUs at the time). There probably were some crappy clones out too but they didn't do as well.
Cute message but of course it's not hidden in any way; it lacks the finesse and charm of the "Stolen © Apple" easter egg (described at the second link in the article summary, for those who didn't RTFA). Too bad nobody ever copied the ROM on the early Macs and get busted; it would have been a pretty hilarious moment in Apple legal history for someone to bring that message up on the screen during a trial. This would serve the same purpose if it wasn't so obvious; then again, perhaps there is a hidden version of the same message just waiting to be popped open at the right time....
Vinyl is too noisy also. I demand the REAL THING at all times. Whenever I go for a drive, I hire a string quartet to play live in my car.
Given the number of lawsuits over the past few >years, and the blatant extortion from companies like Napster Inc., I'd say that fighting technology is their business model.
Must be the crappy handwriting recognition everyone talks about. My brother's name is "Victor."
I know it's a drop in the bucket for them, but if a man's freedom hangs in the balance, those numbers better be accurate and they better be crossing the t's and dotting the i's. Remember when Sun claimed a $20 million loss from Kevin Mitnick copying a file, and then went and gave that file away free to educational institutions a couple months later? They didn't report that one to their stockholders either, as I recall. I don't begrudge companies for going after hackers, but they should not be allowed to reel off whatever numbers they want to support their case.
Exactly. The problem with the whole social darwinism argument is it assumes that killing other things is automatically the main evolutionary "plus"... being able to kill members of another species may be useful in the grand scheme of things, but it hardly differentiates one species from another in terms of evolutionary potential. The dinosaurs were probably pretty incredible natural killers, but they didn't fare so well. We succeeded (so far) because we were able to provide for our own survival in many ways, not just by killing other species.
Have you ever seen a wolf? You would get your ass kicked, trust me, one on one. And as others pointed out, it would never go down that way; you would be standing in a clearing thinking you were all alone in the world and you would look up surprised and see four or five beautiful silver wolves foaming at the mouth ready to pounce... you wouldn't really have time to think about much after that. One on one it would go down a little bit slower but trust me you are toast.
THWACK! THWACK!!
hey, man, cut it out. I'm Hindu, you insensitive clod!
I think my local coffeeshop should do the same thing - give away free coffee, and give people who pay a lot more coffee. Same with the grocery store for that matter.
Steve Ballmer is also bald. Film at 11.
Your link was to a definition of "turntable," not of "instrument." Is a synthesizer an "instrument"? If it plays samples, it is no different from a turntable, except the interface. The point is not the machine but how you use it. Ask your professional drum players if a garbage pail is an "instrument" - I'm sure they have used one as such, or seen one used as such, before. Just because a turntable was invented for playback does not mean it cannot be used as an instrument; go watch a DJ battle and decide for yourself.
I'd agree with that but there's more to it - I DJ clubs; I scratch a little and I've even produced some things but I just don't consider myself a musician. And most DJs in the same boat don't either. But watch a performance artist like DJ Shadow or Kid Koala, you are watching a musician at work. Or just check out a good DJ battle. These are artists using records to get small pieces of sound, and totally creating something new from the pieces, the same way a blues guitarist creates a new song by piecing together old riffs. And for years DJs have been integral parts of hip hop and even rock bands. They are not just playing songs - they are manipulating sound no differently than if they were using a sampling keyboard. It's technological arrogance to say one is an "instrument" and the other is not.
Exactly my point. If Elvis' instrument was a turntable, that makes him less of a musician? At what point may a new instrument be considered an instrument in order to satisfy your definition of "musician"?